(April 3, 2019 at 7:51 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: The usual reason people say they are atheists is that they've seen no convincing evidence for the kind of God typically described by theists. They also often maintain that the standard philosophical arguments are flawed or inconclusive, especially in regards to the kind of God typically described. All are good reasons to lack belief.
Agreed.
And I think that if Christians hold up a hundred sentences and say, "this is my evidence," and we say, "nope, that's NOT good evidence," then it's clear we have made a judgment.
And while we may invoke the letter of the law and chant "burden of proof burden of proof," nonetheless if we want to have a grown-up good-faith conversation, we still ought to articulate why we deem that "evidence" to be bad.